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Calgary Voters Go to Polls Today in Referendum on 2026 Winter Games (Updated)
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Calgary Voters Go to Polls Today in Referendum on 2026 Winter Games (Updated)

Gavin KentchNovember 13, 2018

(This evening, the CBC reported that voters opposed to Calgary’s bid for the 2026 Winter Games won 56.4% of the vote. According to the CBC, these are unofficial results.) The Olympics are a global spectacle, but all politics is local. And when the two truisms go head-to-head in today’s plebiscite vote in Calgary, Alberta, local threatens to win. At stake is the future of one of three remaining host cities for the 2026 Winter Olympic...

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Calgary in Final Three for 2026 Olympics
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Calgary in Final Three for 2026 Olympics

Gerry FursethOctober 8, 2018

The bidding process for the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics is crawling forward, and when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the shortlist last Thursday, Oct. 4, Calgary was in the final three.  Much has changed since the last time Calgary, Alberta, hosted the Games in 1988 as well as since Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2010. The IOC is now in favour of joint bids, re-use of existing facilities and lower costs. These improvements have resulted...

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Canadians Deviate from the Norm in Stockholm Classic Sprint; Gaiazova Places 16th
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Canadians Deviate from the Norm in Stockholm Classic Sprint; Gaiazova Places 16th

Alex KochonMarch 21, 2013

For every Canadian qualifier except Dasha Gaiazova, the quarterfinals of Wednesday’s World Cup Finals 1.1-kilometer classic sprint were a second chance, an opportunity to get it right. Gaiazova had qualified in a career-best fourth, but Devon Kershaw on skate skis and Lenny Valjas on classic had narrowly made it through in 28th and 30th, respectively. All three went on to make the top 20.

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Royal Palace Sprint Kicks off World Cup Finals
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Royal Palace Sprint Kicks off World Cup Finals

Topher SabotMarch 13, 2012

All 2012 FIS World Cup Finals coverage is brought to you through the generous support of reportedly withdrawing due to a continuing stomach ailment, there may not be much of a fight. Harvey is aiming to hold in the top-6 and is facing stiff competition from Russian Maxim Vylegzhanin. Both Newell and Randall are looking forward to a festive day. “It’s always a great atmosphere being so close to the downtown of a major city, especially...

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Stockholm Chief of Competition Aiming for “Best in the World” Event
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Stockholm Chief of Competition Aiming for “Best in the World” Event

Topher SabotMarch 13, 2012

All 2012 FIS World Cup Finals coverage is brought to you through the generous support of Riddarfjärden bay, dropping down nearly to the water’s edge before climbing back up the finish. Royal guards continue their stoic watch, and boats navigate the icy waters as the top sprinters in the world do battle on 5,000 cubic meters of snow trucked five kilometers from a nearby alpine area. According to the Chief of Race Göran Nilsson, not just...

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Under Orders from the King, Jönsson Kicks to Stockholm Victory
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Under Orders from the King, Jönsson Kicks to Stockholm Victory

Nathaniel HerzMarch 16, 2011

The day before Wednesday’s World Cup city sprint in Stockholm, Swedish sprinter Emil Jönsson took a phone call from one Carl XVI Gustav—his king. “It was a strange thing—it does not happen every day,” Jönsson told SVT, the Swedish television channel. “He called and told me that I should ski for king and country.” When the king tells you to go fast, you do it—especially when you’re racing around, of all places, the Royal Palace....

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